Misconduct in Research and Publication: a Dilemma That Is Taking Place

Authors
Mohammad Hossein Asghari 1
Milad Moloudizargari 2
Mohammad Abdollahi 3
1 Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran
2 Student Research Committee, Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3 Toxicology and Diseases Group, Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Group, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Having considered current reports concerning plagiarisms taking place in the global science community, the authors decided to address the principal reasons, which lead to these illegalities. In recent years, misconduct in research, such as plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, guest author, ghost author, self-citation, etc. have been increasing significantly in scientific papers, proving a lack of commitment to publication ethics among some authors...